Development Matters

ELG

Nursery

Sing the pitch of a tone sung by another person (pitch match).

Sing the melodic shape (moving melody, such as up and down, down and up) of familiar songs.

Create their own songs or improvise a song around one they know.

Play instruments with increasing control to express their feelings and ideas.

Reception

Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups

Listen attentively, move to and talk about music, expressing their feelings and responses.

Watch and talk about dance and performance art, expressing their feelings and responses.

Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.

Being Imaginative

Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs.

Perform songs, rhymes and poems and other stories with others and (when appropriate) try to move in time with the music

Vocalising and singing

Relevant ELG

ELG: Managing self

• Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge

ELG: Being imaginative and expressive

• Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs.
• Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with the music

KS1 Readiness Objectives

To join in with singing familiar songs and rhymes.

To make up songs and rhymes of their own. 

To match the pitch of their voice to the pitch of the song they are singing.

Hearing and listening

Relevant ELG

ELG: Listening, attention and understanding

• Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions

ELG: Speaking

• Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher

KS1 Readiness Objectives

To listen to live and recorded music, hearing lyrics, rhymes and instruments.

To listen to live and recorded music, hearing changes in tempo, rhythm and dynamics.

To respond to live and recorded music, expressing how it makes them feel, and what it makes them imagine.

Moving and dancing

Relevant ELG

ELG: Gross motor skills

• Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing
• Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing.

ELG: Being imaginative and expressive

• Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate try to move in time with the music

KS1 Readiness Objectives

To respond to music, including individual instruments with movement and dance

To match movements to the rhythm and pulse of a piece of music

Exploring and playing

Relevant ELG

ELG: Building relationships

• Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others

ELG: Listening, attention and understanding

• Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions

KS1 Readiness Objectives

To explore the range of sounds made by different instruments.

To use a range of percussive instruments to enhance songs and rhymes.

To know the names of instruments that they have explored and used.